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Routinely Itemised TTRPG news

This is your essential weekly roundup of tabletop roleplaying games news from across the industry. The roleplaying hobby moves at a rapid pace, with a constant stream of news about new games, company announcements, and community-led projects.

Routinely Itemised serves as Geek Native’s curated intelligence briefing on the tabletop news that matters. Each week, we collate the most significant developments, from the latest Dungeons & Dragons updates to breakthrough indie titles on platforms like Itch.io and DriveThruRPG. Consider this your go-to source for a scannable list of headlines and links, ensuring you never miss a critical update in the world of tabletop roleplaying.

DateHeadlineSummaryTopics
24 Dec 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #132A summary of RPGs news from the week with freebies from WotC and others, indie...9th level games, Andrews McMeel, Arcadia, beadle & grimm's, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Dark Souls, diego pisa artworks, Dungeons & Dragons, Dynamite Entertainment, edge, Green Ronin Publishing, kobold press, Legend of the Five Rings, lone wolf, moonmares games, North Wind Adventures, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, petersen games, role, runequest, runequest starter set, salvage union, snowbright studios, star trek adventures, Steamforged Games, Steve Jackson Games, traveller, UltraPro, vaesen: mythic britain, Verdant Isles: Teatime Adventures, warhammer, weird frontiers, Wyrmworks Publishing, Zozer Games
10 Dec 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #130Drama again this week with attack lawyers dispatched against Wizards of the Coast, hassles over...9th level games, Achtung! Cthulhu, Ad Infinitum Adventures, bandit camp, Brittannia Game Designs, broken shield, cairn, carbon 2185, Chaosium, Chivalry & Sorcery, coyote & crow, Dishonored, dragon turtle games, Dungeons & Dragons, Eberron, fairy trails, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, forged in the dark, Gunnar Roxen, Hymgho, Inkwell Ideas, ironsworn, Keith Baker, kickstarter, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pelgrane Press, petersen games, Renegade Game Studios, runequest starter set, shannon appelcline, Steve Kenson, strixhaven, swords of the serpentine, the dee sanction, traveller, Troll Lord Games, TSR, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, worlds without number
03 Dec 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #129RPG news summarised from the week that's just gone with reviews, interviews, bundle deals, competitions...9th level games, a couple of drakes, Achtung! Cthulhu, bandit camp, brindlewood bay, broken shield, carbon 2185, Chaosium, city of mist, Claim the Sky, cortex, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dc comics, defiant, dms guild, dndbeyond, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, edge, Elizabeth Chaipraditkul, en publishing, fairy trails, fandom tabletop, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, game machinery, ghost hunters, gila, goodman games, Gunnar Roxen, haunted west, Into The Odd, Iron Crown Enterprises, just crunch games, Legendary Games, legends of avallen, magpie games, Mana Project Studio, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, nightfell, Nova, paranoia, pathfinder, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, root, runequest starter set, Steffie de Vaan, storm crow, strixhaven, the dee sanction, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, The Matrix, The One Ring, traveller, truffle shuffle, Tuesday Knight Games, twilight imperium, Victoriana, World Anvil, xploringmap
12 Nov 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #126Let's get exploring this week's RPG news and new shoes.against the darkmaster, bloat games, Chaosium, cy_borg, dots rpg project, Dragon Warriors, Dungeons & Dragons, goodman games, legendlore, magpie games, onyx path publishing, open ended games, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, roll20, runequest, runequest starter set, Steve Jackson Games, strixhaven, tab creations, Vampire: The Masquerade, wizards of the coast, Zadmar Games
22 Oct 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #123A bullet-point summary of RPG news in the week of D&D reviews, Paizo freelancers forcing...apotheosis, arc, astral tabletop, Atlas Games, battleground games, brw games, Chaosium, Cowboy Bebop, cubicle 7, czrpg, deadlands, degenesis, diego pisa artworks, Dungeons & Dragons, earthdawn, edge, fasa, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, game wizards, Green Ronin Publishing, hyper light drifter, iron kingdoms, kobold press, Labyrinth, Mana Project Studio, masks, Metal Weave Games, Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy, modern age, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, mothership, Paizo Publishing, Privateer Press, realmwarp media, rowan rook and decard, star trek adventures, the red opera, traveller, warhammer
08 Oct 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #121RPG news at bullet-point speed as we look at where D&D might be going next,...Achtung! Cthulhu, Arcanum Worlds, bloat games, Call of Cthulhu, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, Claim the Sky, cyberpunk red, dice, dndbeyond, dungeon crawl classics, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, game wizards, gary con, goodman games, headless hydra press, holler, Iron Crown Enterprises, iron kingdoms, izegrim creations, James Ohlen, laidback dungeon master, level up, luke gygax, Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Nightfall Games, osprey games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Privateer Press, R. Talsorian Games, relics, Rolemaster, savage worlds, scp, SLA Industries, southlands, spelljammer, steve dee, strixhaven, survive this!!, the cthulhu hack, vast grimm, wizards of the coast
03 Sep 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #116As it's Friday, it means RPG news in summary form. Routinely Itemised doesn't just summarise...All Rolled Up, Arcadia, blades in the dark, bloat games, brancalonia, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, character sheets, Chris McDowall, city of mist, dead channel studios, exalted, Freddie Taylor-Bell, Free League Publishing, gen con, Into The Odd, James Introcaso, jay dragon, kobold press, leyline press, long tail games, Massif Press, mcdm, mothership, Paizo Publishing, Paradox Interactive, pendragon, R. Talsorian Games, role, roll for combat, rowan rook and decard, sine nomine publishing, Stars without Number, survive this!!, the dee sanction, the oracle, wizards of the coast, Wyrmworks Publishing, zweihander
27 Aug 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #115RPG news in a week of new game announcements, franchise deals and licenses. We've attracted...a couple of drakes, Alligator Alley Entertainment, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, columbia games, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, Dungeons & Dragons, earl of fife games, Esper Genesis, Girl Genius, goblin slayer, hard wired island, index card rpg, lupin the 3rd, magnetic press, magnetic press play, micro rpg, Modiphius Entertainment, Mongoose Publishing, Outland Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, queerz, Renegade Game Studios, rookie jet studio, runehammer games, samjoko publishing, sandy pug games, savage worlds, severed books, Shadowrun, Son of Oak Game Studio, sr 16, Steve Jackson Games, the witcher, troika, viking death squad, wizards of the coast, yen press
20 Aug 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #114RPG news in the week that Chaosium's Steve Perrin passed away and Geek Native moved...Achtung! Cthulhu, alien rpg, aliens: colonial marines Operations Manual, Asmodee, avatar legends, blackmoor, bundle of holding, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, cmon, critical role, cubicle 7, darkraven games, diego pisa artworks, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, elemental, Elephant & Macaw Banner, ENnies, fallout, Fantasy Grounds, Fat Goblin Games, Free League Publishing, goodman games, Green Ronin Publishing, GURPS, Jim Pinto, mindjammer, Modiphius Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, postworldgames, Robert J. Schwalb, savage pathfinder, savage worlds, silver vine publishing, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, the grinning frog, Tracy Hickman, TSR, wizkids, wrath & glory, Zadmar Games, zombicide
30 Jul 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #111Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary, and this week there's mixed news with $30,000...9th level games, a couple of drakes, awfully cheerful engine, beadle & grimm's, bounty hunter, carbon grey, Chaosium, Charles Ryan, cortex prime, Cthulhu Mythos, cubicle 7, dms guild, doctor who, dscryb, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, Fire Ruby Designs, forbidden lands, gama, gm screens, legends of avallen, Loke BattleMats, lovecraft, magnetic press play, Massif Press, Monte Cook Games, Numenera, Paizo Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Sandy Petersen, savage pathfinder, savage worlds, sigil & shadow, Sneak Attack Press, soulmuppet, sr 16, starfinder, stargate, Steve Jackson Games, tales of xadia, the lost citadel, third eye games, trinity continuum, tsr games, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Verdant Isles: Teatime Adventures, warhammer, warlord games, west end games, wizards of the coast
23 Jul 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #110Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary, and this week there's the latest from D&D,...13th age, Battlefield Press, beadle & grimm's, blackmoor, Call of Cthulhu, carbon grey, castles & crusades, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, city of mist, critical role, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, doctor who, Evil Hat Productions, fading suns, FATE, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, grant howitt, handiwork games, hearts of wulin, Honey Heist, injuries & vile deeds, m20 technocracy reloaded, magnetic press play, Matt Colville, mcdm, Necromancer Games, Nightfall Games, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, roll20, savage pathfinder, savage worlds, sdcc, sigil & shadow, soulbound, starfinder, strixhaven, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, the green knight, the oracle, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Troll Lord Games, Ulisses Spiele, Victoriana, west end games, wickerpunk, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory
09 Jul 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #108A busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games are...astate, Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, city of mist, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, darkraven games, dms guild, Fantasy Grounds, fate of cthulhu, flames of freedom, free league workshop, gen con, grim & perilous studios, Gun Metal Games, handiwork games, infinite black, izegrim creations, kobold press, laidback dungeon master, lone wolf, lumen, micro rpg, neverending, neverland, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, queerz, R. Talsorian Games, romance of the perilous land, Son of Oak Game Studio, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, storytellers vault, Swords & Wizardry, trinity continuum, trollish delver games, tsr games, uk games expo, vast grimm, wizards of the coast, wonderfiled
02 Jul 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #107Routinely Itemised is an RPG news summary column, and this week we look at TSR...Achtung! Cthulhu, Arcadia, black void, blood sword, brw games, Chaosium, chromatic dungeons, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dark alliance, dark sun, defiant, dms guild, dungeon crawl classics, Dying Earth, en publishing, Fantasy Grounds, gama, GURPS, hard wired island, indie groundbreaker awards, iron studios, izegrim creations, Loke BattleMats, Metal Weave Games, Modiphius Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, parable games, Pelgrane Press, peter rudin-burgess, R. Talsorian Games, runequest, runequest starter set, Sanguine Productions, Shane Ivey, shiver, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound, soulbound starter set, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, Synthicide, the dee sanction, the fantasy trip, the yellow king, Tiamat, tsr games, Usagi Yojimbo, vaesen, wanderhome, warehouse 23, wizards of the coast, wizkids
25 Jun 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #106A busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games have...1985 games, a couple of drakes, Andrews McMeel, Atlas Games, black armada, Blue Rose Adventurer's Guide, Bully Pulpit Games, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, cubicle 7, Cults of the Blood Gods, dark alliance, dead channel studios, degenesis, dms guild, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, edge, Elven Tower, en publishing, Eventyr Games, fiasco, Fighting Fantasy, flying buffalo, good strong hands, Green Ronin Publishing, grim & perilous studios, itch.io, Lovecraftesque, Malleus Monstrorum, Modiphius Entertainment, mork borg, onyx path publishing, Paizo Publishing, scp, sixmorevodka, Skirmisher Publishing, SLA Industries, star frontiers, star trek adventures, storm bunny studios, tabletops & tentacles, third eye games, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, trollish delver games, tsr games, tunnels & trolls, Venger Satanis, warhammer, warlock, wayfinder's guide to eberron, wizkids, world of darkness, wrath & glory, zweihander
18 Jun 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #105It's the run-up to D&D Live 2021, and Wizards of the Coast find themselves in...Achtung! Cthulhu, against the darkmaster, arc, Arion Games, bloat games, bounty hunter, Brittannia Game Designs, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, dark places & demogorgons, dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, electric bastionland, fallout, forgotten realms, Free League Publishing, guy sclanders, hasbro, HeroQuest, Infinity, Inkwell Ideas, inspirisles, joseph mccullough, Ken St Andre, lion banner games, momatoes, mork borg, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, rangers of shadow deep, Renegade Game Studios, savage worlds, scp, Sentinel comics, sidequest, Steve Jackson Games, the between, The Gauntlet Gaming Community, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, trollish delver games, twilight: 2000, Vampire: The Masquerade, vincent baker, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast, wizkids, World Anvil, worlds without number
11 Jun 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #104Two D&D leaks at once, maybe three if you count the accessories. Oh, maybe four...9th level games, astral tabletop, Chaosium, critical role, cubicle 7, Curriculum of Chaos, death on the reik, Dungeons & Dragons, Evil Hat Productions, Fantasy Grounds, gama, goodman games, Into the Mother Lands, Loke BattleMats, Modiphius Entertainment, onyx path publishing, osric, Pathfinder Society, Restoration Games, roll20, starfinder, Synthicide, the op, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, trinity continuum, Vampire: The Masquerade, warhammer, warhammer age of sigmar, warlock, wizards of the coast
04 Jun 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #103It feels like a spicy week, with plenty of news and a noticeable uptick in...9th level games, action fiction, adam bradford, age of sigmar, angry hamster publishing, Battlefield Press, beowulf, blood sword, carovea victor, Chaosium, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, czrpg, demiplane, drivethrurpg, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Dungeons & Dragons, Gamma World, Green Ronin Publishing, handiwork games, Ill Gotten Games, itch.io, jackals, Knight Errant Media, marvel, Marvel Multiverse Tabletop Role-Playing Game, mazes, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, osprey games, Owen Stephens, Paizo Publishing, paizocon, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Ptolus, R. Talsorian Games, Ravenloft, red scar publishing, rogue genius games, roll20, savage worlds, Skirmisher Publishing, soulbound starter set, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, the expanse rpg, the oracle, titan effect, traveller, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, venger's decks, warehouse 23, wizards of the coast, World Anvil
14 May 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #100In a big release, Demiplane the gamer-find-game site, made profiles optionally public.April Kit Walsh, Atlas Games, awfully cheerful engine, Chaosium, cyberpunk red, demiplane, Dungeons & Dragons, Elephant & Macaw Banner, en publishing, evil beagle games, Evil Hat Productions, flyos games, Genesis of Legend Publishing, ghosts of saltmarsh, GURPS, ICONS, Infinity, inspirisles, lion banner games, Modiphius Entertainment, moonmares games, Prowlers & Paragons, R. Talsorian Games, Skirmisher Publishing, talisman, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Tricube Tales, Vampire: The Masquerade, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, wizards of the coast, wizkids, Zadmar Games
16 Apr 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #96Wizards of the Coast are taking back control of D&D in some countries after settling...0one Games, alan bahr, amazing heroes, astral tabletop, Auroborus: coils of the serpent, blue planet, Call of Cthulhu, chamomile has adventures, Chaosium, cubicle 7, deadlands, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, fallout, foundry, humblewood, Jeff Grubb, level up, Luke Crane, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, mystara, Numenera, one more multiverse, osprey games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, ravenloft: mist hunters, roll20, romance of the perilous land, soulbound, studio agate, those dark places, Ulisses Spiele, warchief gaming, warlock, wizards of the coast
02 Apr 2021Routinely Itemised: RPGs #94In this week's RPG news round-up, we have pre-orders on a giant dragon "mini", the...against the darkmaster, bestiary, candlekeep mysteries, Chaosium, Chthonstone Games, coyote & crow, cubicle 7, dark sun, death on the reik, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, Dying Earth, Dyskami, fallout, Fire Ruby Designs, foundry, gama, goodman games, Interface Zero 2.0, Jack Vance, journey, Luke Crane, Modiphius Entertainment, mythic table, neverending, Nightfall Games, nor cal mythos, onyx path publishing, scion, shadows in the mist, Symbaroum, terminator, They Came from Beneath the Sea!, troika, warhammer, warhammer age of sigmar, warlock, wizards of the coast, wizkids, Zadmar Games

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